Strange front brake issue on 2004 Ranger.

[WarcrimeActual]

My brakes were grinding bad, and I decided to change the pads out. I noticed that on both of the front sets of brakes, which is all I’ve changed so far because I will pay somebody to do the drums, the back pad was worn all the way down to metal and the front seemed like it had about a third of its life left in it. I assumed maybe a binding caliper, but it’s weird that it happened on both. I’m going to pull them in a couple of weeks and see if they are wearing evenly on both sides or if the back on each one is still getting much worse.

 

[Uncle Gump]

Caliper not sliding properly so the pad on the piston sees the brunt of the stopping duty.

 

[WarcrimeActual]

I never really did stop to think how the caliper moved versus the pad on the piston. Hopefully breaking it loose and doing new pads will fix it. It was just odd to me that it was both sides.

 

[Bill]

I always remove the pins and clean out the bores the pins go in and put fresh silicone brake grease in them.

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[scotts90ranger]

yeah, either slide pins or phenolic pistons in the calipers...